Greeks abandon cash resort to bartering

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

Due to the money crisis in Greece many people have resorted to bartering. The Time Bank is the name of the service swapping that has been growing. Will more Greeks adopt this practice? Sara Firth tells us more.


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Interesting idea.
If more people started a barter/timebank system in their community it would be small but first steps in starving the beast, surely?

[meredith]

http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/localmoney.html

Local Money Strengthens Communities

Groups stem the flight of capital from their towns
and help small businesses through local currencies.

[meredith]

The problem, of course, is getting enough people to participate, when the system is new and selections are limited, etc. It takes a commitment to get people on board.

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